Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-17


MaanfassarsFn Of tobaoea ~ shst Sc
habit q chewing h Eapidly beoo1inR e.
obaole1e e. auHA-fakinR amnnR wark-
inRmes. ~Yoa viii Gzd s1zne Of the
elder men 81 wealth and raansmens
who chew nowadays said q laxne
dealer. ~b1t they acquired the habi1
wears ago. when it was nct fh0ughf vui-
gar o. eisrepztable 10 chew. Some Of
the older Judges chew and there were
members Of the SupReme Conrt 81 the
United stats who were not easy on the
bench unless ;hey had q qnid- A very
few siergymep use tobacco IN this way,
and not few Of the old lawyers and
other professional men Of years- Bat
IN The younger Reneration Of cultivated
men Of good manners there are very
feW, comparatively, noW - Be found
Who chew. The yoana men Of today
rarely acquire the habit, and / prediei
that within the next few years users Of
the wed n this form WiIl be only thoss
Who belonR 10 the les cultivated So
eiety. II is nov REGARDED very had form
70 chew, though thirty years ago Il vas
nst- Mo- eheging IL going the way OF
snnG taking.
Many Of our moss prominsnt publie
mea hays foaRhs hard 20 Overcome this
habit. In Chicago and Sc. Louis chew
ing IL BOw regarded a. vulgar By per
sons who make any pretensiors 70 social
staEding, and many Of the devEces EN-
Ployed BY men 10 overo0me the habit
aRe amusing. As the lste trial Of MAJ
well IN be. Louis the three prosecuting
sfiicers we're Noticed constantly chewing
during tbs trial, and one Of than said
~
we are doing il to break the habit Of
showing tobacco, and if y0u will notice
on the street yOa VIII see thr0e men oat
Of I'VE { mean, Of course, those Who
are not werkinemenD vigorously UoFk-
lnG thsiF Jaws. They are chewing gam,
Tor there seems 20 be 9 tacit agreement
amsnR gentlemen here 10 Qais chevina
tobacco"
Many men nov carry strip Of slip
peFy elm IN their pocket. and when they
feel the old craving come over them,
then they bite OF BIT and chew IL. A
downtown druggist said that he sold Q
great deal Of lie0Tics root to men who
we're trying 70 break the tobacco habit.
Roscoe OonklinR used 10 chew, although
he never used tobacco prepared for
chewing. He bad . habit Of taking q
coed cigar, cutting ID in two in the mid
die, then placing the cat end of ems Of
the halves between bis teeth he would
chew il. he did Hot take what Ben
Batter . 90 fond Of. a dry smoke, as it
u called, bat be cheVed the cigar. He
determined TO break the habit, and to
help him the more easily to conquer il,
be Aiied bis pockets with Iozsnges or
osner choice candies every morning.
ConkiinR has Q very sweet tooth. and ID
very fond Of good candy. The last
three or four years he was in the Senate
be was rarely Witho1i q lozenee or other
candy In bis mouth. Senator Baten
and Senator Jones Of Florida we're both
pets OF Conkling, and beth being very
fond OF candy. almost daily performed
this little comedy: Mr.. Eaton
would stroll over TO ConkIing's desk
and chat few moments, never failing
10 evinos the profound admiration for
Conkling that he had. By and bv he
would say: "Oonkline, what do you DO
when your throat is dry and hurky ?''
rhereHpon OonkliBo would produce a
box, tn which were the sugar pluns. and
Eaton, taking two or three, would stroll
away leisurely with one in bic mouth.
By and by Jones would walk aaruss the
aisle and make his obeisauce TO Conk-
ling. Then be would cough and hem
and clear bis throat. Dat would come
the box, and Jones made himself happy
With two or three candies after sufh
ctene hesitation about taking them.
Once when Jones of Nevada was max
ing q speech, and bis voice grew husky,
COnklinR arose, pulled his box of con
fections from his pocket, and presented
II to the miner With Is much foFmality
and dignity az though comforting the
Order OF the Garter. He afterwards
told Jones that IL be would eat more
candy and use less tobacco be would
have no trenble With his voice.
But II the habit of chewing Ia de-
ereastng. that Of smoking is gaining.
The coming generation, by all signs,
will all smoke.